Search Results - subject:"Problem solving"

The Ultimate How To Book: Strategies for Personal Achievement

Holyoak, Lynda - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 21 (2000) 4, pp. 216-220

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Using linguistic performance to measure problem-solving

Davidson, Ronald; Slotnick, Susan; Waldman, David - In: Accounting Education 9 (2000) 1, pp. 53-66

The Accounting Education Change Commission (AECC) and the large international accounting firms have all emphasized that accountants must be able to work with unstructured problems to be successful in today's business environment. Measures of this ability are essential if accounting educators are...

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A component-based architecture for problem solving environments

Marinescu, Dan C.; Bölöni, Ladislau - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 54 (2000) 4, pp. 279-293

Many problems in science and engineering involve computer modeling of physical phenomena. Problem Solving Environments …

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Future problem solving environments for computational science

Houstis, Elias N.; Rice, John R. - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 54 (2000) 4, pp. 243-257

In this paper we review the current state of the problem solving environment (PSE) field and make projections for the …

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Introductory article

Viale, Riccardo - In: Mind and Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and … 1 (2000) 1, pp. 3-24

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Crossing the border: testing a negotiation model among Canadian exporters

Mintu‐Wimsatt, Alma; Calantone, Roger J. - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 15 (2000) 5, pp. 340-353

paper utilizes a previously developed US‐based model on the problem‐solving approach in negotiation and tests its … applicability among Canadian industrial exporters. The authors found that the sample’s problem‐solving orientation was highly … of the problem‐solving orientation, Canadian exporters share similar patterns of behavior to those of their US …

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Clinical guidelines and the translation of texts into care: overcoming professional conflicts concerning evidence‐based practice

Davenport, Elisabeth - In: Journal of Documentation 56 (2000) 5, pp. 505-519

The difficulties of basing healthcare on literary warrant have been explained in different ways: busy practitioners have no time to read extensively, physical access is difficult, and adequate surrogates for texts like indexes, abstracts, systematic reviews are partial in their coverage. The...

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Changes in relevance criteria and problem stages in task performance

Vakkari, Pertti; Hakala, Nanna - In: Journal of Documentation 56 (2000) 5, pp. 540-562

The objective of this study is to analyse how changes in relevance criteria are related to changes in problem stages during the task performance process. Relevance is understood as a task‐ and process‐oriented user construct. The assessment of relevance is based on both retrieved...

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Techniques to enhance creative thinking

McFadzean, Elspeth - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 6 (2000) 3/4, pp. 62-72

think more creatively. One method of achieving this is to encourage teams to utilise creative problem‐solving (CPS … creative problem solving and to present a model that can help facilitators and team members choose an appropriate technique for … their situation. The model has divided creative problem solving into three categories, namely paradigm preserving techniques …

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An integrated approach to problem solving: linking K‐T, TQM and RCA to TPM

Finlow‐Bates, Terry; Visser, Bert; Finlow‐Bates, … - In: The TQM Magazine 12 (2000) 4, pp. 284-289

Successful total quality management (TQM) is dependent on first class problem solving. Numerous techniques have been … created to help the TQM practitioner along the problem solving journey. However, it can be very difficult to decide which of …

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